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Lombardi-esque en · ADJ

Etymology

From Lombardi + -esque.

Meanings

1. Having the style or manner of one named Lombardi, especially of Vince Lombardi (1913–1970), American football coach.
   • Some of the more bizarre rankings include the top 10 coaching lessons small-college coach Bill Van Gundy laid upon his sons, Jeff and Stan—with No. 5 being a Lombardi-esque “Winning is all-important.” 2012 November 11, “The Rumble”, in New York Post:
   • Bowerman's Lombardiesque observation that “Nobody every remembers number two” became a battle cry at Nike after Reebok became number one,[…] 1994, Donald R. Katz, Just Do It: The Nike Spirit in the Corporate World, Random House, page 167:
   • Could this be Vince, the coach who'd sing / That winning was the only thing? / Lombardiesque, this spa of pumps? / Where food is but a pile of lumps? / If this were Green Bay, Vince would growl / A bathroom without paper towel? 1988 October 11, Bob Levey, “St. Vincent's Unsavory Gas-and-Go”, in The Washington Post:
2. Resembling or like the Lombardi trophy.
   • Players were still passing out “Gator Bowl Champions” hats and celebrating with their Lombardi-esque trophy when Muschamp, speaking to the roughly 10,000 fans lingering in the stands, didn't fully buy into the revelry. 2012 January 3, Greg Luca, “Muschamp minimizes Gator Bowl win as Florida avoids losing season”, in The Independent Florida Alligator:
   • In the past, each Super Bowl has had its own logo. But this year the NFL is switching to a generic logo based on the Lombardi Trophy. […] while the Super Bowl may be the biggest event on the planet, the Lombardi Trophy still ain't no Stanley Cup, no matter how many Lombardi-esque logos the NFL comes up with. 2011 February 3, Paul Lukas, “Super Bowl XLV primer on aesthetics”, in ESPN.com:

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